German police read Signal, Telegram, WhatsApp messages without breaking encryption
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German police read WhatsApp messages without cracking encryption
45 days of Signal history may be exposed by German police messaging surveillance using linked devices, Netzpolitik says. Read what the documents reveal
cross-posted from : lemmy.zip/post/71321898
Netzpoltik details that police are able to gain access in this way either through physical access to someone’s phone or by intercepting verification codes via a state-sanctioned phishing attack or intercepting SMS messages via telephone surveillance
You can have a Google account without 2FA, but you need to create it using a factory-reset old Android phone (Android 8 or so).
Why are people even complaining about this then?!
Because it’s an obscure / niche / loophole way. Not sure if it works on later Android, for example. Or in all regions.